UK Department for International Development
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17 Feb 16The UK is to send food packages and medical supplies to Malawi, where drought exacerbated by El Niño has caused the country’s worst food crisis in a decade.
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16 Feb 16The United Nations and the regional authority of Darfur in Sudan have today signed project agreements worth $88.5m, which will see the reconstruction and development of the troubled state.
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3 Feb 16A £4.5m UK aid package will fund the “last push” in the eradication of Guinea worm, the country’s Department for International Development has declared.
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1 Feb 16Ethiopia has become the seventh African country to sign up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to capitalise on solar power to accelerate universal energy access in sub-Saharan Africa.
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1 Feb 16Against the backdrop of tentative peace talks, donors and the humanitarian community are preparing for a major conference on the Syrian crisis later this week.
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26 Jan 16The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
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25 Jan 16The UK has pledged £30m in new aid funding to help those arriving in Europe after escaping the brutal conflict in Syria, the country’s international development secretary announced on Friday.
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18 Nov 15The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
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21 Sep 15The UK government has announced an agreement to supply resources and expertise to the UN’s refugee agency to speed up resettlement of Syrian refugees.
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16 Sep 15The UK aid department has said Kenya should “put us out of a job as a development partner” once it reaches economic sustainability.
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27 May 15British efforts to work with businesses to deliver development programmes in poor countries are being obstructed by insufficient oversight and a lack of clear targets, the UK aid watchdog has warned.
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20 May 15Justine Greening has been reappointed as international development secretary in Prime Minister David Cameron’s UK government reshuffle.